Myoma Uteri

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Uterine Artery Embolization

Ahmet Burak Kara1
Ömer Faruk Ateş2

1Gaziantep City Hospital, Department of Radiology, Gaziantep, Türkiye
2Private Adatıp Hospital, Department of Radiology, Sakarya, Türkiye

Kara AB, Ateş ÖF. Uterine Artery Embolization. Yavuz AF, ed. Myoma Uteri. 1st ed. Ankara: Türkiye Klinikleri; 2025. p.111-115.

ABSTRACT

One trustworthy and effective therapy option is uterine artery embolization (UAE) that has been in use for nearly thirty years. Pre-procedure evaluation and planning, appropriate patient selection are important in uterine artery embolization, as in almost every procedure. Knowing the indications and contraindications and detecting target lesions both increase the effectiveness of this method and facilitate follow-up. US and MRI examinations are the basic modalities in pre-and post-procedure evaluation. Before the procedure, it can be understood with US examination whether the patient’s symptoms are caused by myomas. Symptomatic fibroids can be carefully measured and evaluated to assess the effectiveness of this procedure. Furthermore,determining contraindications is also important, and with the detection of pregnancy, pelvic infection and malignancies, UAE procedure can be canceled and surgical method can be selected. After the procedure, US follow-up is recommended for both monitoring complications and observing the success of the procedure. Collaboration between gynecology and interventional radiology branches can increase both patient and physician satisfaction. The probable success of jointly conducted treatment processes will be higher.

Keywords: Leiomyoma; Uterine artery embolization; İnterventional radiology; Embolization

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